Holly Cottage is a semi-detached house in Long Itchington, Southam, Southam (CV47 9QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history at Holly Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
Holly Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£303,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
On epc rating, Holly Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 167 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
-T1 willow - Crown lift to 5metres by removing only small pendular growth to allow views beneath main growth. Remove secondary south facing low limb, back to parent branch whilst retaining the primary limb structure arising below 5 metres throughout.
-T1 weeping willow: Reduce height down to old pruning points, leave pendular branches and prune back extended lateral branches to create a natural shape. -T2 cypress: Reduce height down to 3.5 meters above ground level.
What's in Holly Cottage, The Green, Long Itchington, Southam, CV47 9QJ's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 9QJ: £450,000 (2024–2013).

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CV47 9FD
Church Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Long Itchington CofE Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB